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Brewer's: Lamb's Conduit Street

(London). Stow says, “One William Lamb, citizen and clothworker, born at Sutton Valence, Kent, did found near unto Oldbourne a faire conduit and standard; from this conduit, water clear as…

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Live in New York City Columbia Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, as Bruce Springsteen's yearlong reunion tour with The E Street Band wound down last year, this 20-song, double CD set serves…

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The RisingColumbia Though Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band reunited for a triumphant tour in 1999 and 2000, the shows sometimes seemed like an oldies revue, due to the dearth of new…

Doowop Music

(Encyclopedia) Doowop (also spelled doo-wop or doo wop) music, American popular vocal music style, c. late 1940s-early 1960s. Doowop is a form of…

Dunstable

(Encyclopedia) Dunstable Dunstable dŭnˈstəbəl [key], town, Central Bedfordshire, SE England. Located at the meeting…

Thistlewood, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Thistlewood, Arthur, 1770–1820, British conspirator. He acquired revolutionary views while traveling in France and America and, after his return to England, joined the revolutionary…

Brewer's: Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

The Bank of England, situated in Threadneedle Street. So called from a caricature by Gilray, dated 22nd May, 1797, and entitled The Old Lady in Threadneedle Street in Danger. It referred…

Brewer's: Lombard Street to a China Orange

Long odds. Lombard Street, London, is the centre of great banking and mercantile transactions. To stake the Bank of England against a common orange is to stake what is of untold value…

The Very Best of Hill Street Blues

New Video; $59.95 for four-volume setDirector: Steven BochcoCast: Vernonica Hamel, Daniel J. Travanti and Michael Conrad This gritty cop drama ruled the tube and made TV history with its…